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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
2
Local notes chronicle visitors and moves around Pella including C. H. Wormhoudt in Burlington, Miss Anna Vanden Berg in Prairie City, a Newton party of seventeen touring in an auto truck, and many travels to Des Moines Oskaloosa and Camp Dodge. Headlines cover health updates, shop moves, church redecorating, canning plant progress, and community notices amid a busy weekly chronicle.
Van der Zyl Bros. corrects cattle to 6.00 to 11.00 per cwt hogs 17.00 to 18.26 per cwt new corn 1.00 to 1.40 per bu whea 1.75 to 2.00 per bu oats 60 cts per bu
Rev H A Cross formerly of Pella died suddenly in Macksburg Iowa on Tuesday July 30 at about 62 years of age He helped his wife with supper then read a war news paper and died of apoplexy near his home Funeral was held at Macksburg with Rev W E Over turf officiating He was born August 18 1856 survived by wife one son five daughters and four sisters Kate Kooltstra died July 29 1918 at Sully farm home mother of nine children all at home she passed after nerve disease and family at bedside baptized in Pella Baptist church
The family mourns a departed relative leaving a mother and four siblings. A Thursday funeral on August 1 began with a home service led by Rev Ne ville of Killduff, followed by services at Sully M E church by Rev Heath and Rev Ranaud. Music by a quartet including Manns, Talbot, Conover, with organist Mrs Eldredge. thanks extend to friends who aided during their sorrow.
The Knoxville Express reviews ex governor Shaw, noting his narrow partisan tone and bitter discontent. The piece mocks his attitude, compares him to a rat and other animals, and argues his emphasis on dollars and cents ignores broader government aims. It concludes his lecture entertained locals despite critique.
Williams Northern Light notes a rough week due to farm work and homebound travel amid wartime effort. The writer jokes about defending against Hun legions and the sugar beet front while planning to finish a Ford radiator and invite friends to ride along. The tone satirically blends home life with wartime duties and community.
Pella residents are advised to use Adler-i-ka mixed with buckthorn bark and glycerine to flush the entire bowel, claimed to prevent appendicitis. A single spoonful reportedly relieves sour stomach gas or constipation by removing foul matter, with instant action surprising doctors and patients.
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